DELUGE, n. A notable first experiment in baptism which washed away the sins (and sinners) of the world.
Duck-bill, n. Your account at your restaurant during the canvas-back season.
An egotist is a person of low taste - more interested in himself than in me.
Philosophy: A route of many roads leading from nowhere to nothing.
RAILROAD, n. The chief of many mechanical devices enabling us to get away from where we are to where we are no better off. For this purpose the railroad is held in highest favor by the optimist, for it permits him to make the transit with great expedition.
IMPALE, v.t. In popular usage, to pierce with any weapon which remains fixed in the wound . . . . properly, to put to death by thrusting an upright sharp stake into the body, the victim being left in a sitting position.